Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "And omission may occur without a separator, and with *** the pronoun of the figurative feminine in poetry that has occurred."
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The Shaykh : Then he said: "And omission may occur without a separator, and with *** the pronoun of the figurative feminine in poetry that has occurred"
Yes, omission may occur without a separator. The word "may" here indicates minimization, but the reality is that it is not merely minimal; rather, it is rare, meaning: less than minimal. It may occur without a separator, meaning: you might say, "Hind said." If this appears in the speech of the Arabs, "Hind said," then we must interpret it. We interpret "Hind" as a person, we interpret it as a person, as if you had said, "A person said." And Sibawayh narrated: "So-and-so (feminine) said". Is "so-and-so (feminine)" a real feminine or a figurative one?
The student: Real.
The Shaykh : Real, and yet it was treated as masculine. But this is rare, rare, rare, very little. If it had not been reported from the Arabs, we would have said that it is an error and a mistake. But the strange thing is that if you combine "And omission may occur without a separator" with his statement: "And it may permit the omission of the taa due to the separator", there is a great difference, a great difference, because the latter is among the rarest of the rare.
"Without a separator, and with *** the pronoun of the figurative feminine in poetry that has occurred"
Meaning: Omission with the pronoun of the figurative feminine occurs in poetry. It has occurred in poetry, even though the pronoun of the feminine requires...?
The student: Connection.
The Shaykh : Femininity. "And the verb of the implied subject must be feminine", even if the femininity is figurative. So if the subject is a pronoun, the verb must be made feminine, even if the femininity is figurative. But it has occurred in poetry that if the pronoun is for a figurative feminine, it is permissible to omit the taa. From this is the saying of the poet:
"No Muznah, and she struck her strike, *** Nor earth, and it sprouted its sprouting"
The original is: "It sprouted its sprouting," but it was omitted with the pronoun of the figurative feminine for the sake of the necessity of poetry. And poetry, as al-Hariri described it in *al-Malhamah*: "Poetry is arrogant". A person forces what poetry wants, not what the person wants. He said in *al-Malhamah*:
"And it is permissible in the craft of poetry's arrogance *** That the poet declines what is not declined"
And Allah knows best.
Yes, omission may occur without a separator. The word "may" here indicates minimization, but the reality is that it is not merely minimal; rather, it is rare, meaning: less than minimal. It may occur without a separator, meaning: you might say, "Hind said." If this appears in the speech of the Arabs, "Hind said," then we must interpret it. We interpret "Hind" as a person, we interpret it as a person, as if you had said, "A person said." And Sibawayh narrated: "So-and-so (feminine) said". Is "so-and-so (feminine)" a real feminine or a figurative one?
The student: Real.
The Shaykh : Real, and yet it was treated as masculine. But this is rare, rare, rare, very little. If it had not been reported from the Arabs, we would have said that it is an error and a mistake. But the strange thing is that if you combine "And omission may occur without a separator" with his statement: "And it may permit the omission of the taa due to the separator", there is a great difference, a great difference, because the latter is among the rarest of the rare.
"Without a separator, and with *** the pronoun of the figurative feminine in poetry that has occurred"
Meaning: Omission with the pronoun of the figurative feminine occurs in poetry. It has occurred in poetry, even though the pronoun of the feminine requires...?
The student: Connection.
The Shaykh : Femininity. "And the verb of the implied subject must be feminine", even if the femininity is figurative. So if the subject is a pronoun, the verb must be made feminine, even if the femininity is figurative. But it has occurred in poetry that if the pronoun is for a figurative feminine, it is permissible to omit the taa. From this is the saying of the poet:
"No Muznah, and she struck her strike, *** Nor earth, and it sprouted its sprouting"
The original is: "It sprouted its sprouting," but it was omitted with the pronoun of the figurative feminine for the sake of the necessity of poetry. And poetry, as al-Hariri described it in *al-Malhamah*: "Poetry is arrogant". A person forces what poetry wants, not what the person wants. He said in *al-Malhamah*:
"And it is permissible in the craft of poetry's arrogance *** That the poet declines what is not declined"
And Allah knows best.